In preparation for the following exercises, switch labelling off
and set axes scaling to automatic
PRESENT OPTIONS GRAPH POINTS LABELS OFF;
PRESENT OPTIONS GRAPH AXES AUTOMATIC;
Try to complete the following exercises without reference to the
solutions that are offered. Begin by tabulating the loadcases
UTILITY TABULATE LOADCASES
Press return successively to page through the results
Exercise 1 |
Plot temperature variation at node 44
RESULTS LOADCASE CONDUC RESULTS NODAL TEMP PRESENT GRAPH NODE 44 |
Exercise 2 |
Plot temperature variation at node 3 from time = 0 to time = 1
RESULTS LOADCASE CONDUC BELOW 1 PRESENT GRAPH NODE 3 DRAWING CONTENTS MONITOR POSITION; |
Exercise 3 |
Plot variation of THERM1 along the line from node 44 to node 3
RESULTS LOADCASE THERMO RESULTS NODAL THERM1 CONSTRUCT LINE NODES THROUGH 44 3 PRESENT GRAPH LINE OLD DRAWING CONTENTS MONITOR POSITION; |
Exercise 4 |
Plot temperature variation along the line from node 44 to node 3 at time =
12. Label the points on the graph
RESULTS LOADCASE CONDUC ABOVE 12 BELOW 12 RESULTS NODAL TEMP PRESENT GRAPH LINE OLD PRESENT OPTIONS GRAPH POINTS LABELS |
Exercise 5 |
Plot THERM1 against THERM2 for the top surface from node 2 to node 24
CONSTRUCT LINE NODES [line_name] THROUGH 2 24 PRESENT GRAPH PROMPT RESULTS NODAL THERM1 1 NODAL THERM2 [line_name] THERMO |
Exercise 6 |
Superimpose the temperature variation at nodes 51, 52 and 53 from time = 1sec
to time = 12 secs
RESULTS LOADCASE CONDUC ABOVE 1 BELOW 12 RESULTS NODAL TEMP CONSTRUCT LINE NODE [line_name] LIST 51 52 53 PRESENT GRAPH LINE [line_name] |
Exercise 7 |
Superimpose the variation along the line of midside nodes (node 3 to node 44)
for times t = 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 secs
CONSTRUCT LINE NODE [line_name] THROUGH 3 44 UTILITY TABULATE LOADCASES
Page through index as necessary
RESULTS LOADCASE CONDUC 13 22 24 26 28 30 PRESENT GRAPH LINE [line_name] |
Exercise 8 |
Adjust the scaling for the above graph so that it occupies the bottom left
hand corner of the screen
PRESENT OPTIONS GRAPH AXES XMAX 2 YMAX 600 |
Exercise 9 | With automatic scaling plot THERM2 (y-axis) against THERM1 (x-axis) for the line of nodes from node 2 to 24 |
PRESENT OPTIONS GRAPH AXES AUTOMATIC;
CONSTRUCT LINE NODE [line_name] THROUGH 2 24
PRESENT GRAPH PROMPT
RESULTS
NODAL THERM1
1
NODAL THERM2
[line_name]
THERMO
Exercise 10 |
Plot variation of THERM1 along the line of nodes defining the surface of the
model from node 1 to node 4 to node 24 to node 2
CONSTRUCT LINE NODE THROUGH 1 4 24 2 PRESENT GRAPH LINE OLD |